[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14816-14817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATIONS TO BRYAN JONES

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I commend Mr. Bryan Jones of Yazoo 
City, MS, for his distinguished service as President of Delta Council.
  Delta Council is an area development organization representing the 18 
Delta and part-Delta counties of Northwest Mississippi. Delta Council 
was organized in 1935 to bring together the agricultural, business, and 
professional leadership of the region to confront the major problems 
facing the region at that time. Since then, and over the past 68 years, 
the organization has expanded its role under leaders like Bryan Jones, 
for the purpose of working in the fields of educational policy, water 
resource conservation, highway developments, agricultural research, and 
flood control.
  As President of Delta Council, Bryan has served unselfishly and in an 
effective role to lead the people of the Delta during very stressful 
economic times. He has performed admirably and gained the respect of 
his peers through the use of sound judgment and meaningful action.
  Bryan has distinguished himself in many areas on behalf of the 
Mississippi Delta region that he loves so much. Bryan has led the 
organization of Delta Council into new fields of endeavor such as 
health care and adult literacy. He has supported innovative approaches 
toward expanding the conservation provisions of our farm laws. He has 
been a strong advocate for water resource developments that include 
significant features for improved environmental restoration. And, he 
has become well known throughout the region and among members of the 
Mississippi Congressional Delegation as an effective spokesperson on 
behalf of the Delta's largest industry, which is agriculture.
  After graduating from the University of Mississippi, Bryan Jones 
could have been placed in a senior executive position in almost any 
company located

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anywhere in the United States. However, because of his love for the 
Mississippi Delta, Bryan returned to the Delta region and joined his 
local peers in building a $1 billion banking system which has rapidly 
grown throughout our State. In addition to serving as the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Delta Division of BankPlus, Bryan operates a 
cotton, soybean, corn, and wheat farm which is located in Holmes and 
Humphreys Counties.
  Bryan is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Yazoo City and 
he and his wife, Sara, have three children. He is an enthusiastic 
outdoorsman and a director of Delta Wildlife, which and a leading 
advocate for the enhancement of the Mississippi Delta's rich wildlife 
resources.
  It is a great privilege for me to congratulate Bryan Jones for his 
many contributions to the Delta region of Mississippi and the Nation, 
and I look forward to working with Bryan and other Delta Council 
leaders in the future who share our common goal of improving the 
quality of life for the people of this great part of this 
Nation.

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